I used to say to my classes that the ways to get insight are: to study infants; to study animals; to study primitive people; to be psychoanalyzed; to have a religious conversion and get over it; to have a psychotic episode and get over it; or to have...
A person acquainted with the true principles of this science, who preserves his Dharma (virtue or religious merit), his Artha (worldly wealth) and his Kama (pleasure or sensual gratification), and who has regard to the customs of the people, is sure ...
Even religious people are vulnerable to this longing. Those who belong to communities of faith have acquired a certain patience with what is sometimes called organized religion. They have learned to forgive themselves. They do not expect their instit...
If you think it’s offensive that I call alleged biblical miracles ridiculous, you should ask yourself whether or not it’s ridiculous to insist that Muhammad flew on a winged horse. Or that the earth was hatched from a cosmic egg? Or that Xenu, th...
In Mere Christianity, C. S. Lewis argues that human beings cannot be truly good or moral without faith in God and without submis- sion to the will of Christ. Unfortunately, Lewis does not provide any actual data for his assertions. They are nothing m...
Not every religion has to have St. Augustine's attitude to sex. Why even in our culture marriages are celebrated in a church, everyone present knows what is going to happen that night, but that doesn't prevent it being a religious ceremony.
I grew up in a very religious family. I could read the Qu'ran easily at the age of five.
All of our great traditions, religious, contemplative and artistic, say that you must a learn how to be alone - and have a relationship with silence. It is difficult, but it can start with just the tiniest quiet moment.
The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.
It is extremely obvious to me that the internet is a religious phenomenon
I'm kind of kooky, but do I look like a religious nut?
When you forcefully suppress religious nationalism, you radicalize it.
Many of us view the bible and other religious teachings as mythology.
I call him religious who understands the suffering of others.
I'm not myself religious but have no wish to insult or denigrate those who are.
I'm not religious, and I'm not a Christian, but I do reserve the right to believe in the possibility of a god.
It is brilliant going to the theatre and being forced to sit and listen and think about life. It can be almost a near-religious experience.
I grew up in a religious family, and we weren't allowed to listen to rock music.
Although I was raised Jewish, my upbringing didn't include any formal religious education or training.
Equality and self-determination should never be divided in the name of religious or ideological fervor.
Private religious speech can't be discriminated against. It has to be treated equally with secular speech.
